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Arjun Atwal under investigation in street racing death

Man what is up with this story? Arjun Atwal, the first PGA Tour player from India, allegedly was street racing someone who crashed and was killed. Atwal’s BMW made the corner and his opponent’s Mercedes didn’t I guess. More here

Category: PGA Tour, Tiger Woods

PGA Tour players dislike Tiger Woods’ tournament being an invitational

Rich Beem said he was “insulted” by the possibility of Tiger Woods’ new tournament (AT&T National in Washington D.C.) being treated like an invitational, similar to Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Invitational. Invitationals typically have smaller fields. Beam and other players…

Category: Golf Media, PGA Tour

The Masters coverage increased by an hour per day, for geeks.

When it’s Masters week I turn off my phones, lock my doors and glue myself to the TV and the computer. I watch all the Masters coverage I can get online and on the boob tube. It’s the best I…

Ernie Els switches to Callaway

For a while now a “guy” I met somewhere online has been insisting Ernie Els was switching to Callaway Golf. I’m never scared to post rumors here but for some reason I didn’t. I just saw Ernie as a Titleist…

Monty: If you can’t beat ’em, change the rules

Colin Montgomerie is lobbying to change the rules of golf to make errant drives more penal. Can’t say I disagree with this point. I’d like to see a premium put on driving accuracy. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh and…